entartet
[ɛntˈʔaːɐ̯tət]
The verdict
“entartet” is an uncommon German word, ranked #56,089 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #56,089
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von der Norm in negativer Weise abweichend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entartet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛntˈʔaːɐ̯tət] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entartet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for entartet is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛntˈʔaːɐ̯tət]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,089 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
entartet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is entartet, spelled E-N-T-A-R-T-E-T.
Definition
- 1von der Norm in negativer Weise abweichend
- 2mehrere Eigenzustände zu einem Eigenwert besitzend
- 3von strukturellen Eigenschaften, die für ein mathematisches Objekt als normal erachtet werden, abweichend
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “entartet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-T-A-R-T-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛntˈʔaːɐ̯tət] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.